The South Western Tiger Snake is a medium-large (maximum 1.8 metres) terrestrial elapid
confined to the southern part of western W.A.They have a wide flat
looking head and have a large square shaped frontal shield, smooth
scales, a large single temporal scale, have a mid body scale row count
of 17 to 21, has a single anal plate and single sub-caudal scales. Body
coloration is variable and can be any shade of grey, green, bronze to
black.

Most specimens have
body banding that can be bold and distinct, faint and indistinct, to
some individuals that are completely pattern less. These bands can be
either olive, brown, or yellow (which can look quite spectacular). This
typical body banding is probably how the tiger snake got its common name
in the beginning.

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Helen Hagemann's first literary collection, Evangelyne & other poems, was published by the Australian Poetry Centre in their New Poets Series 2009. 'of Arc & Shadow' is her second full collection published by Sunline Press. She has two e-books, The Joyous Lake & Par écrit: poetry of the feminine @ http://issuu.com/evangelyne/​​docs/joyous_lake/